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Sperm production depends on development, puberty and germ cell differentiation. Puberty age of alpaca varies and little is known of factors regulating this process. The species is also known for a high incidence of congenital ...

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Cardiac muscle contraction is the result of coordinated interactions between the contractile regulatory proteins of the thick and thin filaments, and a detailed understanding of how they interact is central to advancing ...

Humans face extraordinary difficulties in reproduction, as over 10% of all pregnancies are aneuploid. In most cases, aneuploidy causes complications in development; indeed, it is the leading known cause of miscarriage and ...

Due to increasing antibiotic resistance among dangerous pathogens, there is a critical need for new antibiotics. Enzymes represent a powerful tool for antibiotic production and discovery, however more enzymatic mechanisms ...

Vagal afferent neurons relay meal-related signals from the gut to the hindbrain nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS) providing key controls of feeding and gastrointestinal reflexes. Centrally, vagal afferents form strong ...

The tick borne apicomplexan parasites Babesia and Theileria are responsible for costly and devastating diseases globally. Improved control is needed but the biology of these parasites remains poorly understood. Significant ...

Spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) are a rare population of cells in the male germ line that self-renew and differentiate into progenitor spermatogonia for the initiation of spermatogenesis. In mammalian males, this process ...

Theileria equi is a tick-transmitted apicomplexan hemoparasite parasite of equids with a worldwide distribution and a cause of equine piroplasmosis, a World Organization of Animal Health (OIE) reportable disease. Although ...